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GHSA-whj9-m24x-qhhp
No affected components available
Coordinated Disclosure Timeline
- 10.06.2023: Issue reported to IntellectualSites
- 11.06.2023: Issue is acknowledged
- 12.06.2023: Issue has been fixed
- 22.06.2023: Advisory has been published
Impacted version range
Before 2.6.3
Details
Proof of Concept
As a user, do the following:
- Select position 1 via
//pos1 - Select position 2 adding the "Infinity" keyword via
//pos2 Infinity - Execute any further operation.
The steps 1 and 2 are interchangeable.
Impact
Such a task has a possibility of bringing the performing server down.
CVE
- CVE-2023-35925
Credit
This issue was discovered and reported by @SuperMonis.
Solution
On June 12, 2023, a patch, https://github.com/IntellectualSites/FastAsyncWorldEdit/pull/2285, has been merged addressing the vulnerability. We strongly recommend users to update their version of FastAsyncWorldEdit to 2.6.3 as soon as possible.
Workarounds
There is no direct mitigation besides updating FastAsyncWorldEdit to a patched version.
Additional Information
Users with access to the logs/ folder or shell access on their server can try to identify possible abuses of this issue by going through the logs.
To sieve through the data, you can use the regex query \/\/pos[12] Infinity, then investigate all log entries that return results.
Disclosure Policy
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The vulnerability requires local access to the device to be exploited. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.
Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.
The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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